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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Todd A. Impola, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Timothy M. O'Donnell, Long Lake, MN (US);
John L. Marsolek, Watertown, MN (US);
Jacob J. McAlpine, Otsego, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
An autonomous articulated soil compactor machine can include: a machine frame; at least one cylindrical roller drum rotatably coupled to the machine frame and rotatable about a drum axis oriented generally transverse to a direction of travel of the compactor machine; a first lidar sensor on a front of the machine; a second lidar sensor on a first side of the machine; and a third lidar sensor on a second side of the machine; wherein the first, second and the third lidar sensors are positioned such that 360 degree lidar coverage is provided around the articulated compactor machine.